On Wednesday 12 October 2005 03:43 pm, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Juraj Fedel wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 09:08:49PM -0400, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > >>What are the major differences among the latest debian, ubuntu, and > >>knoppix distros? > >> > >>sam > > > >Is it possible to instal Ubuntu or Knoppix and then to cotinue > >with installing packages from Sarge? (Only CD available - no > >network download possible.) > >Juraj > > In my limited experience, I found that it is best to start with Debian > net install image to get a system with minimal problems. The > knoppix->debian, Ubuntu->debian etc though seem to be easy will consume > more time than installing Debian from scratch.
And it's not like Debian is as hard to install as it used to be. And, I *think* Ubuntu uses the Sarge installer. I looked at Ubuntu as a quick test, and I remember at least the first few screens are the same. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]